Massage apparatus.



G, E. PYPER. MASSAGE APPARATUS; APPLIOATION FILED JULY 15, 1909.

Patented May 24, 1916.

q vi/bneowo GEORGE R. PYPER, OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.

MASSAGE APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 24, 1910.

Application filed July 15, 1909. Serial No. 507,782.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, GEORGE R. PYPER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Salt Lake City, in the county of Salt Lake and State ofUtah, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in MassageApparatus; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to massage apparatus.

The object of the invention is the production of a simple, efiicient andcheap vibrator which will have all the qualifications and the efficiencyof higher priced machines.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of novel meansfor retaining the operating shaft in adjusted position.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a noveladjustment for changing the throw of the operating shaft whereby coarseor fine vibrations may be obtained together with means for preventingthe rotation of the shaft.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination and arrangements of parts aswill be more fully described and particularly pointed out in theappended claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device with acupped vibrator secured thereto, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectionthrough the device showing the motor in outline only; and Fig. 3 is adetail perspective view of the adjusting arm.

Referring more especially to the drawings, 1 represents the casing whichis carried by a suitable manipulating handle 2, having a switch button8, mounted therein to control the source of current to the motor 4.. Thecurrent is led in over wires 5, which pass through the handle to theswitch 3, and from thence to the motor as shown.

The motor l, may be of any suitable type but is here shown as providedwith a commutator 6, through which the main driving shaft 7 is adaptedto pass. This shaft is mounted in suitable bearings and has secured toits outer end a substantially U- shaped arm 8, which has one leg thereofcurved as shown in Fig. 3 and provided with a plurality of apertures 9,adapted to receive the vibrating shaft 10. The shaft 10 extendsforwardly and is provided at its end with suitable means whereby themassa e appliance 11, may be secured to the sha At this end, it isswiveled in an extension 12 of the casing 1 and interiorly of theextension has secured to it one end of a spiral spring 13, the oppositeend of which is secured to the interior of the extension 12. This springnormally forces the head 14, into engagement with a socket 15, formed inthe extension which constitutes a bearing and permits the swiveling ofthe shaft without displacement from the aperture 9, with which it isengaged. This shaft may be forced forward against the tension of thespring and released from one of the a ertures and placed in another soas to ad ust the throw of the massage device 11.

In operation, the massage device is placed against the portion of thebody to be operated upon and the switch thrown so as to start the motorwhich rotates the vibrating arms 8. As the apertures 9, in the arm areeccentric to the shaft 7 the inner end of the vibrating shaft 10,travels in a rotary direction around the shaft, thus giving the massagedevice 11 an orbital motion.

This massage device may be produced at a minimum cost and is supplied asis usual, with the requisite massage articles, all of which are adaptedto be secured in the head 14.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

A massage device comprising a casing, a motor supported in the casing,an arm connected to the motor and having apertures eccentric to theshaft of the motor, a vibrating shaft, a massage device connected to thevibrating shaft, and a spiral spring surrounding the vibrating shaft andconnected In testimony whereof Iv have hereunto set at one end theretoand at the opposite end my hand in presence of two subscribing W1tto thecasing, said spring being normally nesses.

under tension and adapted to prevent the GEORGE R. PYPER. disengagementof the shaft from the aper- Vitnesses: tures in the arm and to preventthe rota- J AMES INGEBRETSEN,

tion of the shaft. V JOEL MEBLEY.

